Are You Hiring the Best People or the Right People?
I’ll call him Ralph. Of all the applicants I interviewed for the position, he had most experience and the best […]
employee selection
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Why Doing Beats Testing When Learning Anything
I spent 20 minutes looking for a thumb drive other day and finally gave up. I discovered it in a
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Why Lunch with an Applicant is More Important Than Ever
For the past 30 years, I have taught employers that taking time to observe behavior is so much more effective
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Your Applicants Are Asking This Question? Are You?
Psychologist, Adam Grant, posted an interesting thought on Linked In recently. He said, “Before taking a job offer, it’s worth
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What I Learned from Interviewing by Walking Around
Just after I graduated with my master’s degree, I had the good fortune to get an interview with Hewlett Packard.
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Smile ‘em In and Smile ‘em Out
I was reminded the other day of a story of an elderly woman who would stand at the entrance to
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Parents – Let them Go!
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal explained the phenomenon of “Bring Your Parents to Work Day,” in which
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I Don’t Care What You Know Until . . .
I don’t care what you know. I care about how you think. That’s been my guiding philosophy for hiring over